In what order are the various filtration media supposed to be placed in the 3 media trays? (filter pad, bio balls, bio rings, carbon, ammonia remover
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Well i use a media pad on the bottom of every media tray, on the bottom tray i have the carbon in the middle i have the amonia and on the top tray i have bio rings and its been working good for me.
13405
all seem to say mechanical on the bottom then different sources say chemical then bio, and some say bio then chemical. So I not sure which is better but it seems to work either way.
13406
I have filter pad on bottom then carbon then bio. Bet useing it like this for months. Now I have it on a 55 gal and still have crystal clear water with 4 turtles.
13407
I did filter pad, carbon and ammonia, rings then balls. I haven't cleaned it yet...just set it up last month. So far that setup seems to work fine.
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mine is pads then in bio-balls on all the trays i run my carbon in a magnum 250 canister hob and run another jup-01 internal uv and a home made water polisher made from a 1/2 gallon plastic bottle with a few bio-balls to mahe sure the floss isnt sucked up and it has a trimmed 110 aquaclear sponge with a aquatop powerhead that does 158 gph and of course 2 4 inch airstones for oxygen thats on a 75 gallon long,thats along with the 303b
13409
Bottom tray I placed ceramic ringsThe next tray I placed carbon filtrationThe top tray I put Seachem Bag Filter Media BagYou can also do ceramic, foam and carbon at the top
828322
I rinse the pads and carbon in the sink and I have a bucket of tank water to rinse my bio media in. now they will tell you not to rinse the pads in the sink but it's the only way to get them clean and I put de-chlorine in the bottom of the filter to get rid of any chlorine in the pads. the reason you don't rinse the bio media in the sink is to not kill the good bacteria. And yes the trays do come out and stack on top of each other.
1960287
I plan to try this site next purchase but you can also ask foster and smith website for other options I have used. http://spectrapure.com/AQUARIUM/SEDIMENT-CARBON-FILTERS-DI-CARTRIDGES-RESINThe order left to right is sediment filter, carbon, then the DI cartridge.
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I use Aqua-Pure Cut-To-Fit Filter Pads by HBH. They come in polyfiber, ammonia and carbon. It's cheaper than the pre-cut ones Rena sells.I also use more bio-chem stars than what comes with the kit.Start with your mechanical filter pads (like the foam 20 & 30 PPI that come with it), then the bio-chem stars, then the chemical pads.I've been using Filstar XPs for over a decade in both fresh and salt water and I've been very happy.
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Best arrangement for Sliders is to have the bottom two baskets and half the top basket filled with biomedia (any kind of ceramic rings will work well). On top of the bio media in the top basket a bag of carbon and a bag of purigen, and on top of that the blue filter pad. I have used this media stack for about 1.5 years without cleaning, and the water is still perfect. I have 1 adult RES in a 75 gallon tank. See this thread http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t;=30145
379726
This is media that goes inside a filter. You'll need to purchase a canister filter and then use this to supplement the filter pads.
2005129
It uses four different filters. First a sediment filter foe large particles. Then a carbon filter for smaller particles and things like chlorine. Then a membrane filter for the smallest solids. Finally a resin filter for any other contamiments.
792879
It uses a gravel tray as the intake, so any kind of filter media should work fine (I used a green dish scrubber)
1477507
Ahealthy aquaria for hour fish should include the 3 stages of filtration ;:chemical biological and mechanical I believe carbom is to nice clear water other shun the use but threse pads also offer mechanical and a certain amount of biological filtration . One of mg tanks although smalller I jusr use a poly pad a carbon pad and an amonia pad it does just fine as lo g as I just keep rogsti g pads o e at a time never change all tbe pads at once
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Matrix Bio is used as "BIO" layer of filtration. Usually the top most layer in your filter. This is the layer that the micro organism live in that are essential to the health of your tank. When installing for the first time rinse thoroughly. When cleaning the filter during maintenance always use tank water, never tap water, rinse well, but don't scrub. The advantage to Matrix Bio is that long life span over the competition. Seachem.com has good information on there website for proper use if you need more information than this.
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Add the bio foam to the bottom basket. Biomax media goes into the middle and the water polishing pad and carbon or zeo carb go into the top basket. Hope this helps.
198751
Maybe 2 boxes of BioMax. per tray. If you are going ammonia remover I would just use prime or something till the bacteria is built up. There was some other small ceramic small balls that I think work better.
113852
The blue sponge goes on the bottom, 1white sponge & the charcoal go in the middle the other white sponge and the bio-balls go on top. Besure to mark the outside of your filter where your uv light is because the trays have to stack correctly in order for the lid to go back on. One other thing. You may want to mark your tubing so that you'll know which go where.
1602920
Both filters are used in my stainless steel composter. The round one goes in first against the top next to the holes. The square one goes in on the next level since the cover has kind of two parts.
822032
Yes it does although I added to mine and I don't use the carbon. I added an additional box of bio balls to the top tray and I placed bio-max ceramic rings to the middle tray in place of the carbon. The bottom tray comes with filter floss and coarse sponge.
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Neither sponge is worth using. I recommend getting biomax media and an aqua-clear sponge. Buy the smallest sponge size, and then you can cut it to fit the filter. Under the sponge you can fit the bag of biomax media, but you may have to remove some of the ceramic pieces for it to fit in the filter compartment. Also, this is not essential but you can get a small media bag at Petsmart and buy some activated carbon to put in the bag, then stuff in the filter around the intake tube. You can only put a little carbon in, but if you want carbon, you can have it.
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You can place media anywhere as long as it fits within the space you plan on using it for. I owned an aquaclear 20 but I'd highly recommend to keep the sponages at the bottom and bacteria on top. I don't use carbon in my filters since there pointless so either add more bacteria media or this media to see how it goes. I would recommend go use this stuff in canisters only in my opinion which is what I use it for.